Leading an expedition in Germany, Kougami unseals the resting place of one of the alchemists that created the Core Medals in an effort to retrieve a set of lost Medals. However, upon the seal being undone, millions of Cell Medals erupt into a tower while creating a magical barrier that causes parts of Japan to flip over. As the alchemist reveals her plans to become a new OOO, Eiji and his friends are thrown into the past and must find their way back home and stop the alchemist before she destroys the world!
Practical Effects
Greeed costumes slapping in Edo-period lighting
Acting
Ryosuke Miura's Ankh tantrums hit different in a kimono
Direction
Shibasaki squeezing time-travel spectacle into 65 minutes
Director
Takayuki Shibasaki
Shu Watanabe
Eiji Hino / Kamen Rider OOO
Ryosuke Miura
Shingo Izumi / Ankh
Riho Takada
Hina Izumi
Hiroaki Iwanaga
Akira Date / Kamen Rider Birth
Asaya Kimijima
Shintarou Gotou
Mayuko Arisue
Erika Satonaka
Takashi Ukaji
Kousei Kougami
Yū Kamio
Kiyoto Maki
Yuusuke Yamada
Uva
Honoka Yahagi
Mezool
Ken Matsudaira
Yoshimune Tokugawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Wonderful' in the title is a pun on the Japanese word for 'circle' (円, 'en'), referencing both the medal shape and Eiji's eternal journey. Director Shibasaki snuck in visual callbacks to classic samurai films during the Edo sequences.
Released in August 2011, this was Toho's attempt to boost post-earthquake morale with pure escapist heroism—the 'Heroes Cheer Up Japan!' tagline wasn't just marketing, it was genuine national mood management. The film deliberately mirrors Edo-period resilience narratives popular in Japanese disaster recovery discourse.
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